Policing

UPDATE Kingsbridge: Off Duty Cop Charged with Shooting Man Had Accessed Police Databases without Due Authorization

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced Thursday, June 11, that an NYPD officer who had been suspended without pay after allegedly, while off-duty, shooting a man in the head, has been indicted for attempted murder, assault, kidnapping and other charges in connection to the incident. The shooting which, according to the DA’s office, stemmed from the officer’s search for his stolen car, took place in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx in March, as reported at the time.

UPDATE Bronx Day in Albany 2026 Returns after a Decade

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx Day in Albany returned to the Capital Region for the first time in nearly a decade, bringing together business leaders, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, cultural institutions and policymakers to highlight the borough’s economic impact and opportunities for growth across New York State.

Big Pun Family Unite at Street Renaming

By JASON GONZALEZ
Meet me on the corner of the plaza… you mean Big Pun Plaza? Twenty-one years after his untimely passing at just 28 years of age, the Grammy-nominated rapper, Big Pun, has a piece of his native Bronx turf named after him. The popular intersection of Fordham Road and the Grand Concourse located between Fordham Manor and Fordham Heights, is now known as Big Pun Plaza.